Instrument

kib113356
kib113356 Posts: 8 Member
edited November 24 in Health and Weight Loss
Should I log calories burned playing my instrument.
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  • ZRunner5Lulaica
    ZRunner5Lulaica Posts: 168 Member
    I personally wouldn't (granted this may depend on the instrument). I played trumpet for 8 years throughout school. 2/3 of the year was seated or standing playing (orchestra, jazz, pep). That other third is the only real workout I got thanks to 30 minutes daily marching practice every morning and 2 hour marching competitions on weekends (plus bonus of helping the littles learn during my free period).

    But I would have counted it all as just part of my daily life burn (fitbits weren't a thing back then). It definitely didn't do anything to help me lose weight during school in the long run.
  • h1udd
    h1udd Posts: 623 Member
    if you want
  • justlog
    justlog Posts: 125 Member
    If people can log general house cleaning as exercise... feel free..
  • Rosemary7391
    Rosemary7391 Posts: 232 Member
    Depends - if you're lugging a contrabass saxophone around maybe. If it's a piccolo, probably not.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    No.
  • dsboohead
    dsboohead Posts: 1,899 Member
    Rosemary7391 wrote: »
    Depends - if you're lugging a contrabass saxophone around maybe. If it's a piccolo, probably not.

    :D good point
  • 1houndgal
    1houndgal Posts: 558 Member
    kib113356 wrote: »
    Should I log calories burned playing my instrument.
    ?

    Probably depends on the instrument...
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,598 Member
    I think it prolly depends on playing style, too. Some of those manic sweat-drenched rock'n'roll drummers, and hair band lead guitarists look like they're burning a calorie or two. Drummers and guitarists in cool-jazz ensembles, usually not so much. ;)

    Personally, I don't count banjo practice as exercise. I count it as character development. ;)
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    No.
  • DebLaBounty
    DebLaBounty Posts: 1,169 Member
    Nah. You’re exhaling air forcefully for wind and brass instruments but probably not burning many calories.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    I read a scholarly definition of NEAT once which said it included things that made life wonderful, including dancing. There are very few instruments, the playing of which is more intense than dancing, which will deserve an accounting in your exercise log.
  • BryanHoffman74
    BryanHoffman74 Posts: 50 Member
    Can you sing while playing and do you break a sweat?
  • saralukies
    saralukies Posts: 24 Member
    I do! I play the double bass, which is quite strenuous. There are entries in the exercise database for various instruments, and I picked cello since it was closest, but I never put in the entire amount that I play. Say I practice for 2 hours, then I will log 1 hour of playing, just in case the calorie burn is off. I lost 20 pounds doing this, so it works for me.
  • __TMac__
    __TMac__ Posts: 1,669 Member
    I have.

  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    Unless you're marching on a hot field in a heavy uniform whilst playing your unspecified instrument the answer is no.
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